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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 16-Dec-2023 20:04:01 JST Ars Technica

   This “smoking gun” killed the McDonald’s ice cream hackers’ startup

   Three-year-old email shows evidence of plot to undermine repair business.

   https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/12/this-smoking-gun-killed-the-mcdonalds-ice-cream-hackers-startup/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • Chancerubbage (chancerubbage@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 16-Dec-2023 22:17:57 JST Chancerubbage

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     @arstechnica trouble for Middleby Taylor and McDonald’s if this goes to jury trial. McDonald’s customers know from experience that at least the soft serve machines do not work in a high percentage of situations, one in five, for whatever reason.

     If Ray Kroc were alive this never would have gotten this far. The franchise was built on ice cream devices, regardless of its importance to the chain now.